Your test will be composed of 80 multiple choice, short answer, and true/false questions created from the following topics
Meaning of Mesopotamia and why called
Religions of the early civilizations
Epic of Gilgamesh
Laws of Hammurabi
Egyptian unification
Reasons for Egyptian mummification
Way to decipher hieroglyphics
Contributions of the Phoenicians
Israel's historical "fathers"
Early Israel's government
Year(s) Jerusalem destroyed
Babylonian captivity
Diaspora
The "borrower" civilization
Minoans and Mycenaeans
"Homeric Age"
Olympic games
Types of governments in Greek city-states
Greek historians
Cause of Greek unification in 5th century BC
Alexander the Great
Spartan battle in 480 BC at the mountain pass
Hellenic vs Hellenistic Age
Hippocrates
Greek geometry
periods of Greek art
Beginning of Rome - founding and important institutions
Mountains of Italy
Roman senate terms
Branches of Roman Republic
social classes within Rome
Law of Twelve Tables
3 Cs of Punic Wars
"crossing the Rubicon"
titles of Ovtavian
years of the Pax Romana
Augustus's reforms
Roman poets
Volcano city in Italy
Roman historians
Roman contributions to engineering
Roman stadium
Roman/Greek head of gods
Stoicism and Epicurianism
Reason for persecution of Christians by the Romans & under what emperor
Events that sparked spread of Christianity
When and where Christianity was declared legal
capital of Eastern Roman Empire
Battle of the Visigoths vs Romans
date of final collapse of Rome
Possible essays:
Compare/contrast Sparta and Athens
Reasons for decline of Roman Empire
Contributions of Rome to future cultures
Different religions of the early civilizations (Egypt, Hebrews, Persians)
Meaning of Mesopotamia and why called
Religions of the early civilizations
Epic of Gilgamesh
Laws of Hammurabi
Egyptian unification
Reasons for Egyptian mummification
Way to decipher hieroglyphics
Contributions of the Phoenicians
Israel's historical "fathers"
Early Israel's government
Year(s) Jerusalem destroyed
Babylonian captivity
Diaspora
The "borrower" civilization
Minoans and Mycenaeans
"Homeric Age"
Olympic games
Types of governments in Greek city-states
Greek historians
Cause of Greek unification in 5th century BC
Alexander the Great
Spartan battle in 480 BC at the mountain pass
Hellenic vs Hellenistic Age
Hippocrates
Greek geometry
periods of Greek art
Beginning of Rome - founding and important institutions
Mountains of Italy
Roman senate terms
Branches of Roman Republic
social classes within Rome
Law of Twelve Tables
3 Cs of Punic Wars
"crossing the Rubicon"
titles of Ovtavian
years of the Pax Romana
Augustus's reforms
Roman poets
Volcano city in Italy
Roman historians
Roman contributions to engineering
Roman stadium
Roman/Greek head of gods
Stoicism and Epicurianism
Reason for persecution of Christians by the Romans & under what emperor
Events that sparked spread of Christianity
When and where Christianity was declared legal
capital of Eastern Roman Empire
Battle of the Visigoths vs Romans
date of final collapse of Rome
Possible essays:
Compare/contrast Sparta and Athens
Reasons for decline of Roman Empire
Contributions of Rome to future cultures
Different religions of the early civilizations (Egypt, Hebrews, Persians)